Railway tie



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J. 'W. STALDER RAILWAY. TIE' Filed Got. 5, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR of 2g? April 1, 1924:

J. W. STALDER RAILWAY "ma Filed oct; 5, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fffmzdef ATTORNEY Patented pr. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES Matas.

JOHN W. STALDER, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

`Raimi/'nv TIE.

Applieation lled October 5, y1923. Serial No. 665,763.

To all whom'z't concern.'

Be it `knownfthat I, JOHN W. STALDER,

'a citizen kof the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is the provision of a railway tie or sleeper peculiarly adapted to adequately support the rails of a railway while precluding lateral deiection of the railway and spreading `of the rails or movement ofeither rail relative to the other.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification?- Figure l is a top plan View showing one of my novel ties as incorporated in a railway. f y

, Figure 2 shows one of the rails in side elevation and the tie inv end elevation.

Figure 3 is an inverted plan view of the portion of railway embodying the tie.

Figure 4 is a verticalsection on line 4 4 ofFigure 1. i

Figure 5 is a vertical section taken in the plane `indicated by the line `5-5 of Figure 1.

Fig. 6 is a perspective of one of the I- form blocks. j

kThe illustrated rails 1 are of ordinary construction, and are superimposed `on yand con`- nected to the tie. At this point I would `have it understood thatit is within the purview of my invention to make the `elements of my novel tie of any material or materials compatible with the purpose of the tie.

By comparison of the several figures of the drawings, it will be understood that among other elements the tie comprises three longitudinally disposed and Vspaced triangular members 2, arranged with their apices downwardly.y Two of these members 2 are disposed under the rails, and it will be manifest that all of the `said members A2 will have a ytendency to settle in ballast and will serve efciently inpreventin-g lateral shifting or casual movementof the railway relative to the ballast. rIn the .upper edges of the members 2 are recesses 3. These recesses 3 are designed .to :snugly receive -a transverse channeled member 4 Vwhich serves zas hereinafter set forthasone of the means for vholding the members 2 against lateral movement with respect to each other. It will be noticed, however, that the members 2 are also connected together by rods 5 which extend through and are appropriately connected to the said members 2. Said connection may be effected in any ordinary or approved manner. rIhe transverse channeled member is provided at opposite sides of each of the triangular members 2 with upright ribs 6, which bear against opposite sides of the triangular members 2 and thereby preclude Vendwise shifting of the members 4 through' the said triangularmembers 2. rIhe upper sides ofthe triangularr members 2 and the upper side of the transverse channeled member 4 are preferably'flush as shown. It 'will also be noticed that the channeled member 4 is provided with a longitudinal opening in its upper wall, said opening being designated by 7, land being arranged between pendent longitudinal flanges 8 on the 'upper walls of the member 4. Sheathed in the end portions of the channeled member 4 are blocks `9 of I-form in cross-section and arranged with their webs horizontally. TheseV blocks 9 serve for the connection of upstanding threaded bolts 10, which extend through the webs of the blocks and have their lheads 11 seated and held against rotation in the lower channels of the blocks. The said bolts 10 also extend upwardly through rail clamps 12 which rest over the outer portions of the bases of the rails and Yare provided with pendentflanges 13 disposed in the longitudinal opening 7 of the member y4 and are secured on rthe bolts 10 by nuts 14. In thisconnection it will be noted that whenthe nuts 14 are tightened,

the I-blocks 9 and the rail clamps 12 will be strongly clamped against the channeled member 4 withtheresult that there is no liability of the rail clamps moving outwardly relative to the channeled member 4. Fixed in the intermediate portion of the longitudinal opening 7 in the upper side of the channeled member4 is an intermediate bar 15, and'appropriately fixed to the channeled member 4 outwardly beyond the ends of the intermediate bar 15 are upstanding bolts'l. These bolts 16 extend throughand serve for the connection of the inner rail clamps 17 which clamps 17 A have pendent flanges V18 disposed in the longitudinal opening 7 and are secured by nuts 19- on the bolts 16 so as to rest over and Ahold the inner portions of the rail bases.

It will be nol CII ticed that the said flanges 18 of the inner clamps 17 abut against the ends of the intermediate bar 15, and hence said intermediate'bar 15 is adapted to preclude movement of the inner rail clamps 17 toward each other. In this -connection it will be apparent that it is within the purview of my invention to channel the end portions only'of the bar l1, in which event the portion designated as the intermediate bar 15 will be made integral with the channeled bar 1.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that without being unduly expensive my novel tie is adapted to adequately support and strongly hold rails in such manner that there is no liability of either rail moving laterally relative to the other, and no liability of the rails and'tie shifting laterally in the ballast ordinarily employed in vrailway construction. It will also -be appreciated that the channeled member 4 is adapted to be seated in ballast with a view of effectively preventing shifting ofthe tie in the direction of the length of the railway.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the specific vconstruction and relative arrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the invention various changes and modifications may be made such as fall within the scope of my invention as defined in my appended claims.

Having described my invention,y what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

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1. A railway tie comprising triangular membersv arranged longitudinally of the traclr and spaced apart and also arranged with apices lowermost, said members having recesses in their upper sides, transverse rods connecting the said triangular members together, a transversel member seated in the recesses of the triangular members and having exterior upstanding ribs at opposite sides of the triangular members and also having channeled portions lat its endsand longitudinal openings in the tops of its end portions and flanges depending from said 'tops at opposite sides of said openings, I-

bloclrs' sheathed in the end portions of the transverse member and arranged with their webs horizontal, bolts fixed to the transverse member and extending upwardly through the longitudinal openings in the top thereof at points between the rail supporting portions of the tie, inner rail clamps mounted on said bolts and having pendent flanges in said openings and abutting against the intermediate top portion of the transverse member, nuts mounted on said bolts and disposed above said inner rail clamps, bolts extending upwardly through the webs of the -bloclrs and also through the longitudinal openings of the transverse member, outer transverse rail clamps mounted on said bolts and having pendent flanges disposed in the longitudinal openings of the transverse member, and nuts mounted on the said bolts and disposed above the outer rail clamps.

2. A railway' tie comprising triangular members arranged longitudinally of the track and spacedV apart and also arranged with apices lowerniost, said members having recesses in their upper sides, transverse rods Vconnecting the said triangular members together, a transverse member seated in the recesses of the triangular members and having exterior upstanding ribs at opposite sides of the triangular members and also having channeled portions at its ends and longitudinalopenings in the tops of its end portions and flanges depending from said tops at opposite sides of said openings, I- blocks sheathedv in the end portions of the transverse member and arranged with their webs horizontal, bolts ixed to the transverse member and extending upwardly Vthrough the longitudinal openings in the top thereof at points between 'the rail supporting portions of the tie, inner rail clamps mounted on said bolts and having pendent anges in said openings and abutting against the intermediate top portion of the transverse member, nuts mounted on said bolts and disposed above said inner rail clamps, bolts extending upwardly through the webs of the I-bloclrs and also through the longitudinal openings of the transverse member, outer transverse rail clamps mounted on said bolts and having pendent flanges disposed in the longitudinal openings of the transverse member, and nuts mounted on the said bolts and disposed above the outer rail clamps,

the two outer triangular members of the tie being adapted to restl under and in vertical alinement with rails when rails are superimposed on the transverse member and are secured between the inner and outer rail clamps. Y

3. A railway Vtie comprising spaced longitudinal members adapted to be embedded in ballast, a transverse member seated in said longitudinal Vmembers and having projections at opposite sides of said longitudinal members to prevent lateral movement thereof relative to the transverse member, and inner and outer rail clamps connected to the vtransverse member; the said longitudinal members having pointed portions extending below the horizontal lplane of the transverse member. Y Y Y Y a. A railway tie comprising spaced longitudinal members adapted to be embedded in ballast, a transverse member seated in said longitudinal membe-rs andv having pro-jections at opposite sides of said longitudinal members to prevent lateral movement there` of relative to the transverse members, and

inner and outer rail clamps connected to the transverse member, the connections of the outer rail clamps including blocks sheathed in the end portions of the transverse member and having recesses in their undersides,

and bolts extending upwardly through said 10k JOHN W. STALDER. 

